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@historycourses is back and as usual we talk about history in detail for two hours. this talk was surprisingly orderly with two major topics for consideration: can we ever understand what it was like to live in another zeitgeist; and what are t
wherein @atroyn and i talk about the dissolution of meaning, the pillars of philosophy, optimism, narrative, assassin drones vs clothes folding robots, world historical figure mycology, the past and present of ingroup, visions of the future, an
Dear friend @monodevice comes on to walk through the history of the Southern Slavs and convey the mindset of the Steppe East to the West from his own perspective as a Balkan-born. We discuss martyrs and lost phenomenologies and the white pill t
talking with roon (@tszzl) about the emergence of yuppies, san francisco, island communities, the notion of a homeland, and noah smith
i spoke with @QiaochuYuan and @politicalmath about how families handle money and learn from qc what its like to be main character for a day. we also speculate about whether taylor lorenz went to school with kim il sung.art credit to the magni
wherein I speak with all five (!!) of the 2021 Prometheus Award Best Novel finalists about their work, the social history of science fiction, and the role of science fiction in mapping the future. Great thanks to Mackey Chandler, Barry B. Lon
wherein @historycourses and I spend two hours talking about history again, exploring among other things: - how learning history is emancipatory; - David Reich and archaeogenomics; - what European geopolitics, American domestic politics, and
wherein Abraham Ash (@historycourses) and I talk about Orthodox Judaism: its history in the united states, its current place and modes of life, and its future. We also hop wildly across thousands of years of history.Abraham teaches at https:/
wherein @becomingcritter of the actually-well-produced A Becoming Creature podcast and I go off the rails on the use of hallucinogens in Minecraft, the nature of time and perception, and why thinking about things is extremely bad actuallyhis
wherein @totoTavrinky and I discuss the philosophical framework presented by Robert Pirsig in his second work, Lila, and what it has to do with wet markets, Ayn Rand, the Puritans, Allen Ginsburg, Emperor Taizong, and Jesusplease hire totoTav
wherein I talk with @maybegray and @QiaochuYuan about flirting, sexual oughtism, cargo cult sexuality, downloading millions of escort reviews, and the international conspiracy of women to gossip about how good specific men are at sex (ft. @sele
wherein @corsairmichel and i discuss the aesthetics of murder scenes, what really went down at Waco, working as a bouncer at a strip club, the Bakken oil boom, winters in North Dakota, anarchobaking, and what comprises a communitycheck his wr
wherein @BLUNDERBUSSTED and I discuss america's best ice cream, reading groups, the hostility of suburbs to scenes, how hillbilly lives matter, floating signifiers as a means of facilitating individuality, and the adventurous nature of conversa
a very special episode, wherein @selentelechia and i discuss getting knocked up; our shopping list; the effects of hormonal birth control; how chainsaws figure into labor; and how we work as a couple. the baby makes frequent and insistent appea
wherein @visakanv and I discuss fitting into online communities, literary ethics, reading, fiction and narrative as a basis for life, barbarians real and metaphorical and how to write a good villainvisa broadcasts at http://youtube.com/visaka
wherein @orthonormalist and I discuss the cultural transmission of one's early internet fora, information wars, living a good life, and projecting oneself infinitely into the future; and discuss whether Jesus or Genghis Khan was more effective
wherein @jd_pressman regales us with an intellectual history of rationalism and postrationalism. who is korzybski? what is extropy? in how many ways _is_ big yud like l ron hubbard, anyway?this episode clocks in at over two hours, and covers
a Battle of the Bots wherein @ollybot_redux and I talk about manifestos, review the matter of Ireland and civic pride in a small country, grade America as a global hegemon, and discuss how we can take children seriouslyolly's manifesto can be
wherein Santi Ruiz (@rSanti97) of the Free Beacon and I discuss becoming a journalist, and best practices for speaking with journalists (if you must); internal media wars; how think tanks are like Han imperial courts; and how marriage is one of
wherein @danlistensto and i discuss buddhism and its traditions; the conflict between the dionysian, apollonian, and hermetic; heresy and why it's good actually; saints as a type of guy; and why rationalists should become mystics.plug for Evo
wherein @ivyastrix details the history of the rise and fall of clubhouse and its multifarious denizens, and leaves us considering the problem of finding a haven for the grey tribeivy writes at highvy.substack.com and speaks on clubhouse as @i
wherein @EggProphet, @whomademecrispy, and I discuss novel linguistic weapon technology; narrative coherence; vibing and politicking and coalitions; and casually drop the identity of the best living philosopher
wherein @chaosprime and I (with cameos from @wildbuddhini)discuss immobility from excessive certainty; cast about for a sociological framing of Types of Guy with mixed success; and discuss how people learn ethics in the ruins of a culture. ve
wherein @shlevy exposits about objectivism, and responds to pressing questions about its relationship to fictional characters and apocryphal presidents; considers how a Randian treats agape; and pivots to how we might evaluate qualia using the
wherein @politicalmath and i discuss the institutional response to covid and the general state of american institutions, and bemoan recent issues in journalism; and wherein we stumble upon a novel response to issues in Legacy Journalism
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